PH Test: 6.8
Nitrate (NO3) ppm (mg/l): 0
Nitrite (NO2) ppm (mg/l): 1.0
Ammonia ppm (mg/l): 0
Water Change: 1 gallon - 1 gallon
Number of Fish Removed: 0
Changed a gallon of water today, cleaned filters at 7:45am and 10:00am. Fish are looking healthy, tank was a little dirty this morning near the right corner of the tank so I cleaned this up and then ran some water quality tests to make sure that all levels are still normal. Nitrate and ammonia are still zero but nitrite has increased by 0.75 and pH went down 0.4 points. It is now 0.2 points outside of the acceptable pH range. Hopefully this won't affect them too much! Tomorrow will be a FIVE gallon water change which will hopefully return things to normal. Fish were fed at 10:00am, 2:00pm, 3:30pm and 5:30pm. Filters were cleaned a total of three times today. The temperature in the library got up to 80 F degrees today, by late afternoon the aquarium had built up a lot of condensation on the sides. This seemed to scare the fish a little, they did not know what to think. The librarian and I continuously wiped off the sides of the tank, but the water vapor continued to come back. Today my teacher e-mailed a few people at other schools who are doing the SIC (Salmon in the Classroom) project and we received a response from one of the teachers who said that they had not released their fish yet, they were planning on a release in May. They also informed us that they currently had 117 fish still alive and healthy, all of whom were approximately 4 inches in length, and not yet silver and that they are changing 5 gallons of water daily. Their aquarium temperature is set at 55 F degrees and their fish are also receiving 6 feedings per day plus weekend feedings. My teacher and I decided that the fish still have a little bit longer until we release them. Fish are still receiving 1.5 and 2.0mm foods.
